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104 A <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Invest<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Tr<strong>in</strong>idad <strong>and</strong> <strong>Tobago</strong> (<strong>2011</strong>)<br />

List Of Public Holidays In <strong>2011</strong><br />

In Tr<strong>in</strong>idad <strong>and</strong> <strong>Tobago</strong>, there are fourteen (14) statu<strong>to</strong>ry holidays, which are as follows:<br />

Table 26: Holidays <strong>in</strong> Tr<strong>in</strong>idad & <strong>Tobago</strong> (<strong>2011</strong>)<br />

Name Date<br />

New Year’s Day January 1st<br />

Eid-Ul-Fitr TBA<br />

Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day March 30th<br />

Good Friday April 22nd<br />

Easter Monday April 25th<br />

Indian Arrival Day May 30th<br />

Labour Day June 19th<br />

Corpus Christi May 23rd<br />

Emancipation Day August 1st<br />

Independence Day August 31st<br />

Republic Day September 24th<br />

Divali TBA<br />

Christmas Day December 25th<br />

Box<strong>in</strong>g Day December 26th<br />

There are two (2) days celebrated for Carnival <strong>and</strong> these are the Monday <strong>and</strong> Tuesday which precede Ash Wednesday. These Carnival holidays may fall two days <strong>in</strong><br />

February or two days <strong>in</strong> March, dependant on the date <strong>of</strong> Ash Wednesday. Carnival dates from the year <strong>to</strong> 2010 are as follows:<br />

Table 27: Carnival dates<br />

Year Festival Date<br />

<strong>2011</strong> March 7th & 8th<br />

2012 February 20th & 21st<br />

2013 February 11th & 12th<br />

2014 March 3rd & 4th<br />

2015 February 16th & 17th

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